How to win lane as Nasus against Gragas · 52.88% win rate (399 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His body-slam poke and disengage deny your stacks. Farm under tower and out-scale to the late game.
Track: Gragas's E — Body Slam (14–12s cooldown). His escape. Wither him after it.
Read from Nasus's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Gragas.
This is Nasus's own plan; across 399 pooled games the lane is leaning Nasus.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Both of you are weak level-1 brawlers with no ult — he can Q-poke but can't commit, so just last-hit with Siphoning Strike and concede nothing yet. |
| Level 2 | Gragas | Gragas out-trades you at 2 with Barrel Roll poke and Drunken Rage cutting your autos before you have Wither to answer. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Wither at 3 lets you slow his body-slam E and peel an all-in, but he still wins the extended trade — call it even. |
| Levels 4-5 | Gragas | He owns levels 4-5: Barrel Roll and Body Slam with Drunken Rage grind you down while you're still hoarding stacks with no ult. |
| Level 6 | Gragas | Level 6 is his swing — Gragas R + E knockback commits an all-in before your stacks and durability exist to survive it. |
| First item | Nasus | Sheen/Iceborn empowered Q plus Wither's attack-speed slow flips every prolonged duel — your lifesteal and armor shred now win the grind. |
| Two+ items | Nasus | Infinite Q stacks and Fury of the Sands make you an unkillable splitpusher an even AP brawler like Gragas cannot 1v1. |
Gragas owns the raw early trades — Barrel Roll pokes and Drunken Rage cuts the damage of your Q autos, so don't brawl at 1-2. His sustain is Happy Hour, which heals him for CASTING anything, so dodging the cask denies him nothing. Soak Siphoning Strike farm and lean on Soul Eater lifesteal. At 3, Wither: hold it for his Body Slam so he cannot dash in and back out free.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Nasus's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Nasus vs Gragas report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Nasus, slightly — a 52.88% win rate edge over 399 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Nasus has a small statistical edge (52.88% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Nasus has a slight edge (52.88% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Nasus takes Fleet Footwork on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Unflinching) vs Gragas.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Sheen (≈900g) — every Q after this hits twice as hard. Build Trinity Force (Iceborn Gauntlet if you need the slow + armor) first, then Spirit Visage (MR + heal amp), with Mercury's Treads.
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